"One is to seek dialogue, and abide by the rule of law. The other is to play the role of Voldemort in the region by letting loose the evil of an arms race and escalation of tensions, although Japan will not escalate the situation from its side"

~~Although China has so far refused to enable dialogue between our leaders, I sincerely hope that it will come forward, rather than keep invoking the ghost of 'militarism' of seven decades ago, which no longer exists," Hayashi wrote.

Translation: That little rape thing was sooooooooooooo 70 years ago. Can't we all just be friends?

Stone Meadow:~~Although China has so far refused to enable dialogue between our leaders, I sincerely hope that it will come forward, rather than keep invoking the ghost of 'militarism' of seven decades ago, which no longer exists," Hayashi wrote.

Translation: That little rape thing was sooooooooooooo 70 years ago. Can't we all just be friends?

WWII in Asia was a long time ago, and primarily it is used for propaganda purposes on both sides.

China is a rising power and like all rising powers does the "manifest destiny" thing. So far they are mostly trying to take ocean areas, thankfully their navy is not that great an it hasn't devolved into a shooting war anywhere. Just don't expect it to suddenly get better. Japan is right that China should stop trying to take what isn't theirs.

As for Japan, there is still a fairly large portion of people that considers the Empire to have been glory years. Yasukuni is the epitome of that and no PM should be going there. China is right that it represents the worst aspects of Japan.